Device for attaching stiffeners to trousers.



G. HEYMANN.

DEVICE FOR ATTAGHING STIFFENERS T0 TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 191a.

1,09 1,842, Patented Mar. 31, 1914- n l/AA nk Wn 2 J IGAL STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HEYMANN, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHING- STIFFENERS TO TROUSERS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES HEYMANN, citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 39 Rue de Paradis, Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for ttaching Stiifeners to Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for attaching stiffeners to trousers.

According to the invention the trouser creases are stiffened and maintained by means of a light strip of fabric provided with a very thin sheet of gutta percha by means of which the strip is caused to adhere to the inside of the trousers crease by applying a hot iron on the outside of the trousers. This assures permanent shapeliness of the crease. In order to properly position the strip in the trousers a support, forming part of this invention,and consisting of a bar provided with points along its edge is used, as will hereinafter be described. Said bar has preferably a lozenge shaped cross section and is used in connection with a bar having a triangular cross section and affording a convenient support for applying the stiffening band at the inside of the trousers leg.

In the annexed drawing given by way of example: Figure l is an elevation of the lozenge shaped bar. Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof. Figs. 3 and iare respectively an elevation and a cross section of the triangular bar. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the bars with the trousers leg in position thereon for applying the stiffening strip. Fig. 6 is a'detail showing a partial cross section of a trousers leg with the stiffening band secured therein.

A strip of fabric 0 made of silk or any other suitable light fabric is first folded lengthwise on a support, not shown, having a V shaped cross section, it is then dressed with an adhesive preparation preferably a rubber solution, by means of which a thin sheet of gutta percha d is stuck on the outer surface of said strip. The thin gutta percha (Z is fixed by a cold process to the fabric of the strip. The prepared strip is then laid astride on the sharp edge of a bar a made of wood or any other suitable material, having a lozenge shaped cross section, said edge being provided with projecting points 6 adapted to pass through the strip and hold it in place on the bar. The bar a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1913.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Serial No. 758,093.

is then introduced into the leg 6 of the trousers, the crease g of the trousers, which is preferably first made by an iron, being applied along the relatively sharp edge provided with the points of the bar, the inner face of the trousers, along the crease, being thus applied against the strip of gutta percha (Z. The bar a with the leg of the trousers thereon is then laid against the inclined face of a bar a of a triangular shape, as shown in Fig. 5. The angles h and 2' of the bars 60, a are such that when the bars are suitably superimposed, the bar a is firmly supported and has its upper face j in a horizontal plane. A hot iron is then passed over the fabric of the trousers on said face and, the bar 04 having been turned over, the hot iron is next passed over the fabric against the opposite face m. The heat and pressure of the iron causes the material of the trousers to adhere to the strip of gutta percha and consequently to the strip of fabric 0. The crease thus formed is very resistant and permanent.

By means of the arrangement of bars just described, the iron may be displaced over the trousers very easily and conveniently. The sharp angle 70 of the bar a permits of obtaining an even crease of a very clean appearance. The method is inexpensive and is rapid of execution.

The invention is not strictly limited to the examples described and may obviously be varied within the scope of the appended claim.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

A. device for applying a stiffening strip to the inside of the crease in the leg of trousers, comp-rising a bar having a sharp edge and provided with projecting points on said edge and a supporting bar having an. inclined face such that one of the faces of the first named bar, on either side of the sharp edge, lies in a. substantially horizontal position when the first named bar is placed upon the inclined face of the supporting bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HEYMANN.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE LAVOIX, BARTLEY F. Yos'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oi Patents. Washington, D. G. 

